About Martina Cole
Eilidh Martina Cole is a British crime writer. As of 2021 she has released twenty-six crime novels, most of which examine London's gangster underworld. Four of her novels, Dangerous Lady, The Jump, The Take and The Runaway have been adapted into high-rating television dramas. She has achieved sales of over fourteen million in the UK alone and her tenth novel, The Know, spent seven weeks on The Sunday Times hardback best-sellers list. The Take won by 780 votes and was put at the top of the list of Martina Cole novels. Cole's breakthrough came in 1991, when her manuscript for Dangerous Lady was accepted by the literary agent Darley Anderson and sold for a record £150,000.
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